Articles tagged with "juninho"
The Perrin Chronicles: Part I
By Inara | September 21st, 2007Alain Perrin has got to be wondering what just hit him on the head. Here he is, in what is supposedly the easiest coaching job ...
Press Conferences, Practice, and Whatnot
By Inara | September 18th, 2007Less than 24 hours to go before what promises to be one of the most stressful 90 minutes of my life. I've already done a ...
Goal of the Week: Round 8
By Sam | September 18th, 2007Finally, some club football after international week. And you know what that means... Goal of the Week on France Offside! Nené picked up last week's ...
The Kids Take Over: Metz 1 - 5 Lyon
By Inara | September 15th, 2007For those of you convinced that Lyon were spiraling to the depths of France's amateur divisions, I'm very happy to say that they proved again ...
Sochaux vs. Lyon, CL Group Draw, and Other News
By Inara | August 29th, 2007Sorry for my lack of posting, but I've been moving for the past few days and just got my internet set up last night. Anyway, ...
Valencia Now Want Juninho
By Inara | August 24th, 2007Valencia's sporting director, Miguel Angel Ruiz, is like a bad case of herpes. He just keeps coming back at the most importune moments. For the ...
Toulouse vs. Lyon Preview via Bad Puns
By Inara | August 7th, 2007Since my posting will be sporadic during the next few days, I thought I would reward (or torture) all of you with an early preview ...
Rebuilding Lyon's Formula 1 Car: 2007-2008 Season Preview
By Inara | August 3rd, 2007One of Jean-Michel Aulas's favorite analogies is comparing Lyon to a Formula 1 car, one that is capable of shifting gears to cope with all ...
Sam's Fail-Proof Ligue 1 Predictions
By Sam | August 1st, 2007Greg at the Portugal Offside presented to us his wacky Liga predictions today, and not being able to resist the urge any longer, I'm going ...
LYON: Like You Need an Introduction
By Sam | July 23rd, 2007As the start of the season looms, it’s time for the France Offside to give you an in-depth look at each of the 20 teams ...
There's a New Sheriff in Town...
By Inara | July 17th, 2007Say hello to Lyon's new captain. In honor of this occasion, I thought I would take this opportunity to do a profile on Cristiano Marques ...
Squillaci Will Be Okay!!!
By Inara | July 17th, 2007The football gods must have heard my prayers because I woke up to the wonderful news that Sebastian Squillaci's probable ligament damage in his right ...
Two Non-EU Spots Available
By Inara | July 14th, 2007According to a recent interview by Aulas, Juninho will be getting his French passport while Cris will be getting a Portuguese one (did this take ...
Lyon's Korean Adventure
By Inara | July 11th, 2007It's Peace Cup time!!! (\__/) (=' '=) ('') ('') The official Peace Cup Bunnies say hi! (visit their photo album for more Peace Cup Bunny goodness). Today, after a ...
The Kiss of Kim
By Inara | July 10th, 2007Most of the time, Kim Kallstrom is overlooked in Lyon's midfield. But it's been a few weeks since I last profiled a player (Fred), so ...
Weekend Tidbits
By Inara | July 6th, 2007* Lyon's new kits will be revealed this upcoming Monday. The home kit isn't going to change, just the away and Europe kits. Here's a ...
Training Starts Up
By Inara | July 3rd, 2007Yesterday was the first day back for Les Gones. Like every season, there was a shift in manpower, with missing players compensated by new arrivals. ...
Govou: Juninho's Ego To Blame
By Inara | June 8th, 2007Gerard Houllier's departure hasn't stemmed the bitterness amongst the players. The latest to air the club's dirty laundry is Sidney Govou. In an interview for Lyon ...
Juninho (FINALLY) Extends His Contract
By Inara | May 24th, 2007Juninho Pernambucano has extended his contract until June 30th, 2010. Lyon's Brazilian maestro and dead ball specialist threatened to leave unless Aulas promised to build ...
Matchday 36 - Don't Look Now But Marseille Have Just Gone Second And Are Looking Fine
By Sam | May 10th, 2007Oh my goodness gracious me, what a twist we had this week in the table, particularly up top. Marseille benifited from Lens and Bordeaux's losses ...
Utter Destruction and Lions Jumping Through a Ring of Fire
By Inara | May 9th, 2007Just all in a day's work for the perennial French champions. Lens were hoping to take advantage of Lyon's recent malaise to get three very ...
Matchday 35 - All Eyes on Lens, Bordeaux, and Marseille
By Sam | May 8th, 2007So, back am I from my fantastic weekend, and I've got some juicy-ass stuff to report from everyone's favourite league. Three games left for the ...
The Attackers Curse
By Inara | May 7th, 2007I was never one to believe in curses, but after watching the injuries pile up by the day, I'm convinced that someone has a voodoo ...
Hungover Lyon celebrates sixth title with another scoreless draw
By Inara | April 22nd, 2007Because nil-nil is so in right now. In their last five matches, Lyon have only scored ONE goal, and that was in their win against ...
Lyon wins sixth title, no one really cares
By Inara | April 21st, 2007Lyon won it again, this time without even trying. They only needed one more point to clinch the title, but Toulouse's loss today means that ...
The 20 Highest Paid Players in France
By Inara | April 19th, 2007Technically, this is Sam's territory, but I couldn't help bringing this up since eleven of the top twenty are at Lyon. Some of them definitely ...
Lyon manages one goal in France's drought
By Inara | April 16th, 2007As I predicted, yesterday's score sheet was a drab 1-0. But it's a win, so I'm happy. Unfortunately, Toulouse won their match on Saturday, so Lyon ...
Matchday 32- Who needs offense? Eight goals in ten games
By Sam | April 15th, 2007Sad, really. Eight goals in approximately 950 combined minutes. Lyon's almost title-clinching win was overshadowed by the sheer boringitude of Matchday 32, which saw- get ...
Just when you thought the injury crisis was over....
By Inara | April 12th, 2007In a year that has been plagued by injuries, last week, there was a brief light at the end of the tunnel when for the ...
My Coupe runneth over: The Lyon sleeps tonight, Bordeaux wins the Cup
By Sam | March 31st, 2007It's become somewhat of a tradition since Lyon started their Ligue 1 dominance all those years ago. That of Lyon not being able to win ...
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